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Subject:Re: What Are Writing Skills? From:Tony Markos <ajmarkos -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 10 Mar 2005 17:36:09 -0800 (PST)
I started this thread. Funny thing: I have yet to get
an answer!
I was told that the "meat" of writing skills is
structured writing skills. But try researching to
find the specific, concrete techniques and steps
involved in structured writing - they don't exist!
Structured writing is "blue smoke and mirrors".
Therefore, I conclude that writing skills don't exist.
We just analyze like and engineer, design like an
engineer, and then top it off with a little grammar.
Tony Markos
--- Jerry Muelver <jerry -at- hytext -dot- com> wrote:
Sorry Jerry, Chuck's right on this one. Having work
as and with engineers for many years, most can't and
don't want to write. However, with that
said, a good technical writer should have some
foundation in the field in which they are writing.
An electronics hardware technical writer trying
to develop SOPs for a HMO would be as out-of-water as
an RF engineer trying to document a GUI for CRM
package. The difference is, you won't
need to teach the electronics hardware writer how to
create documentation.
>
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